Garment hanger



June 1954 M. KLEIN 2,680,543

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 20, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l l l l I Z Fig.4. )5 Z LOUIS M. KLEIN INVENTQR.

June 8, 1954 L. M. KLEIN GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 20, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. LOUIS M. KLEIN BY 0 I Patented June 8, 1954 U I ED TENT O F CE 2 ,ts0,54s GARMENT HANGER.

Louis K e n, Great ck N.-

e rliwfion u u t 0. 1951, Serial o- 242 55 2 Glaims. (01. 223-91) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a garment hanger.

More specifically, the present invention proposes the construction of an improved garment hanger having the usual bar over which coats and the like can be draped and from the ends of which a frame is depended and which includes a horizontal bar portion arranged in a manner to have elongated articles such as neckties, belts, suspenders and like draped therefrom.

Another object of the present invention proposes the provision of a pivotally mounted clamp member within the frame arranged in a manner to clamp the articles draped in position over the horizontal bar portion from slipping off that bar portion.

Still another object of the present invention proposes constructing the clamp member to include a horizontal bar portion extended parallel to the horizontal bar portion and to form the bar portions with complementary sloped surfaces in a manner to limit pivoting of the clamp member to one direction only so that those surfaces will abut one another in the operative position of the clamp member to fixedly maintain the draped articles in position on the horizontal bar portion of the frame.

The present invention further proposes several different resilient means for retaining the clamp member in its operative pivoted position in which the sloped surfaces contact one another to fixedly maintain the draped articles in position on the horizontal bar portion of the frame.

In one form of the present invention, it is proposed to characterize the resilient means by leaf springs depended from the ends of the bar to engage the clamp member on the side facing the direction in which the clamp member is free to pivot so as to resiliently urge the clamp member into its operative position with relation to the horizontal bar portion of the frame.

A further modification of the present invention proposes characterizing the resilient means by a spring pressed plun er which bears against a flatsurface formedonone of the pins whichpivotally supports the clamp member in a manner to retain the clamp member resiliently in its operative position with relation to thehorizontal bar portion of the frame.

As another object, the present invention proposesconstructing the frame to include anupper bar portion spaced above itsrhorizontal bar portion in a manner to have pants skirts and the like draped thereover-independently of the elongated articles which are in draped position over the horizontal bar portion of the frame.

It is a further object of the present invention to construct a garment hanger of the type referred to which is simple and durable, which is effective for its intended purposes and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

On the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure' Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the garment hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the garment hanger constructed in accordance with a modification of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional-view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but illustrating the garment hanger constructed in accordance with a modification of the present invention.

Fig. -7 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 1--1 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detailed sectional view of the left-hand side of Fig. 6.

'Fig. 9 is anenlarged partial transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 99 of Fig. 6.

The garment hanger, according to the first form of the present invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to- 3, includes a bar l0 over which coats and the like can be draped. The bar It is of usual construction having its ends diverged downward and outward and its top'surface shaped to conform to the shoulder formations of the coat or the like. Upstanding from the center of the bar it there is the usual hook ll bent from a piece of stiff wire for supporting the hanger from a clothes pole, nail .or other support.

Depending from the endslo'f .the bar iii, .there is a frame l2. The frame 12 .comprisesa laterally spaced pair of vertically extended side arms [4 which continue at their bottom ends into a horizontal bar .portion IS. The horizontal .bar portion 15 .is provided for having elongated articles 16, shown in dot and dash lines in Figs. 1 and 2, drapedthereover. .The elongatedarticles I6 could be neckties, belts, suspenders and similar articles. The top ends of the side arms M of the frame I2 are secured to the bottom faces of the outer ends of the bar It by means of screws ii. The screws H, see Fig. 3,. are passed downward through the ends of the bar If! and threaded into the top ends of the side arms It.

A clamp member I8 is pivotally mounted within the frame I2 for clamping the elongated articles I6 in position on the horizontal bar portion I of the frame [2. The clamp member I8 is U-shaped and includes a horizontal bar portion I9 positioned above and extended parallel to the horizontal bar portion I5 of the frame I2. The ends of the horizontal bar portion I9 continue into short upwardly extended side arms 28. The side arms 20 extend upward along the inner faces of the side arms it of the frame I2. End aligned pins 2I are projected through the side arms I4 of the frame I2 from the outer faces thereof and have their inner ends extended into the side arms 20 of the clamp member is. Thus, the pins 2I function to support the clamp member I8 upon the frame I2 for pivotal movement relative thereto.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the horizontal bar portion I5 of the frame l2 has its top face I5 sloped downward to one side of the frame. The bottom face I9 of the horizontal bar portion I5 is sloped to complement the sloping of the top face I5 of the horizontal bar portion I5. The sloping faces I5 and Id function to restrain pivoting of the clamp member I8 in the direction in which the faces contact one another and thereby act to cause the elongated articles I6 to be fixedly clamped in position on the horizontal bar portion I5 when the clamp member is in its depended operative position shown on the drawmgs.

The arrangement of the hanger is such that with the elongated articles i5 draped over the horizontal bar portion I5 of the frame I2 and with the clamp member IS in its depended operative position, the mere act of hanging a coat or the like over the bar If] will serve to retain the clamp member IS in its operative position in which the elongated articles Iii will be clamped in position between the sloping faces i5 and Id This is so, because the inner faces of the material of the coat or the like will depend over the faces of the clamp member I9 retaining it in its depended operative position.

lhe modification of the invention shown in Figs. 4. and 5 is characterized by the fact that the top face I5 of the horizontal bar portion l5 of the frame is formed with a longitudinally extending groove 25. The groove 25 divides the top face I5 into a pair of spaced upwardly extended clamp ribs 26 which cooperate with the sloped face I9 of the horizontal bar portion E9 of the clamp member I8 to more rigidly clamp the elongated articles IS in position on the horizontal bar portion I5.

Furthermore, the modification of the invention is provided with a resilient means for retaining the clamp member I8 in its depended operative position with relation to the horizontal bar portion I5. That resilient means comprises a pair of elongated leaf springs 2'! which have their top ends secured to the outer ends of the bar ID by means of pins 28. The bottom ends of the leaf springs 21 depend along the faces of the side arms 20 of the clamp member I8 facing in the direction in which the clamp member is free to pivot. Thus, the leaf springs 21 function to retain the clamp member I8 in its depended operative posi- 4 tion in which the sloped faces I5- and I8 tend to contact one another.

In all other respects, the form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is similar to that previously described and like reference numerals are used to identify like parts.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 6 to 9, the frame I2 is rectangular in formation and includes an upper bar portion 30. The upper bar portion 33 extends between the upper ends of the side arms I4 of the frame I2 parallel to the horizontal bar portion I5. The upper bar portion 30 is provided for having pants, slacks, skirts and the like draped thereover independently of the elongated articles it which are draped over the horizontal bar portion I5.

Resilient means is arranged in connection with the one pivot pin 2I for holding the clamp member I8 in its depended operative position with relation to the horizontal bar portion I5 of the frame I2. That pivot pin 2| has an enlarged outer portion 2W which is rotatively extended through the respective side arm I l of the frame I2. The enlarged outer portion 2N continues into a concentric reduced inner portion 2i which is extended into the respective side arm 26 of the clamp member IS. The reduced inner portion 2I is secured to the clamp member it by a pin 3! so that the pivot pin 2i turns with the clamp member I8.

The enlarged outer portion 2 I of the pivot pin 2i is formed with a flat upper side 32. The side arm Id of the frame i2 is formed with a bore 33 arranged at right angles to the fiat upper side 32 of the pivot pin 2 I A plunger 3% is slidably positioned within the bore 33 and has its bottom end extended from the bore and bearing against the flat upper side 32. The top end of the bore 33 is closed by a plug 35 which is glued in position. An expansion coil spring 3% is positioned within the bore 33 and operates between the plug 35 and the top face of the plunger 34. The spring 36 urges the plunger 35 into an extended position in which its bottom end bears rigidly against the flat upper side of the pin 2i holding the clamp member 58 against pivoting and in a position in which its sloped bottom face I9 acts in conjunction with the sloped top face I5 of the horizontal bar portion I5 of the frame I2 in securing the elongated articles in position upon the horizontal bar portion i5.

The side arms 28 of the clamp member II; have their top ends 2Q beveled, as clearly shown in Fig. '7. The beveled top ends 25 are sioped in the same direction as the sloping of the clamp faces I5 and Iii of the horizontal bar portions I5 and I9. The top corners of the beveled top ends 20 engage the bottom face of the upper bar portion 35 of the frame I2 when the clamp member I8 is in its depended operative position shown on the drawings. The engagement of the beveled top ends 2;! with the bottom face of the upper bar portion at of the frame I2 functions to retain the clamp member I8 from being pivoted to a position in which undue pressures will be exerted on the articles I6 which are draped over the horizontal bar portion I5 of the frame I2. Thus, the clamp member I8 cannot be pivoted to a position in which undesirable creases are formed in the articles I6. On the other hand, the clamp member I8 is free to be pivoted in a direction to permit the articles to be draped over the horizontal bar portion I5 or to be removed therefrom, as the case maybe.

tion shown in Figs. 6 to 9 is similar to that de- 5 scribed in connection with Figs. 1 to 3 and like reference numerals are used to identify like parts.

In constructing the garmet hangers in accordance with the present invention, the bar I0, the frames I2 or l2 and the clamp members It are all formed of the same material. The material used might be wood or metal, but the nature of the parts is such that they lend themselves particularly well to being molded of one of the synthetic resinous materials which might be either clear or suitably colored to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the hanger.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

l. A garment hanger comprising a bar having a hook extended vertically from the center thereof, a frame depended from the ends of said bar and having vertical side arms which continue at their bottom ends into a horizontal bar portion for having elongated articles draped thereover, and a clamp member pivotally supported within said frame and bearing against the top face of said horizontal bar portion for retaining the elongated articles in position thereon, said clamp member being U-shaped and having a horizontal bar portion super-imposed on said horizontal bar portion of said frame and side arms extended upward from the ends of the horizontal bar portion of said clamp member along the inner faces of the side arms of said frame, said horizontal bar portion of said frame having a broad top face sloped downward, said horizontal bar portion of said clamp member having a broad flat bottom face sloped to complement the sloping of the top face of said horizontal bar portion of said frame, said top face of said horizontal bar portion of said frame being formed with an elongated groove dividing off spaced upstanding clamp ribs facing the sloped bottom face of the horizontal bar portion of said clamp member, said sloped bottom face spanning said groove, and resilient means secured to the bar and overlying the vertical side arms of the U-shaped clamp member retaining said clamp member in its operative depended position.

2. A garment hanger comprising a bar having a hook extended vertically from the center thereof, a frame depended from the ends of said bar and having vertical side arms which continue at their bottom ends into a horizontal bar portion for having elongated articles draped thereover, and a clamp member pivotally supported Within said frame and bearing against the top face of said horizontal bar portion for retaining the elongated articles in position thereon, said clamp member being U-shaped and having a horizontal bar portion super-imposed on said horizontal bar portion of said frame and side arms extended upward from the ends of the horizontal bar portion of said clamp member along the inner faces of the side arms of said frame, said horizontal bar portion of said frame having a broad top face sloped downward, said horizontal bar portion of said clamp member having a broad fiat bottom face sloped to complement the sloping of the top face of said horizontal bar portion of said frame, said top face of said horizontal bar portion of said frame being formed with an elongated groove dividing off spaced upstanding clamp ribs facing the sloped bottom face of the horizontal bar portion of said clamp member, said sloped bottom face spanning said ribs, and resilient means retaining said clamp member in its operative depended position, said resilient means comprising vertical leaf springs secured at their upper ends to the ends of said bar and having their bottom end engaging the side arms of said clamp member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 872,488 Wheary Dec. 3, 1907 2,340,320 Goldbert Feb. 1, 1944 2,408,344 Scurrah Sept. 24, 1946 2,490,322 Pikor Dec. 6, 1949 2,527,869 Wintergreen Oct. 31, 1950 

